Seventy-Four Draw Deposits 1936

The Seventy-Four Draw Deposits 1936 is a tin mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Seventy-Four Draw Deposits 1936
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Chloride Nos. 1 To 7

Commodity

Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Black Range District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Walter H. Hearn
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Intense Fracturing Of Rhyolite Resembles Fault Breccia.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rhyolite Partly Altered To A White Rock.

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Specularite
Ore: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED WITHIN THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE BLACK RANGE AND JUST NORTH OF SEVENTY-FOUR DRAW.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN AN AREA OF FRACTURED RHYOLITE ABOUT 200 FT. IN DIAMETER AS IRREGULAR VEINLETS FILLING FRACTURES. FRACTURED ZONE IS SIMILAR TO A PIPE OR STOCKWORK WITH VEINLETS IN ALL DIRECTIONS, AND VEINLETS RANGE FROM THIN COATINGS TO 0.5 IN.IN THICKNESS. 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF 14 EXPLORATORY OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE BLACK RANGE DISTRICT.

References

Reference (Deposit): HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 67-72

Reference (Deposit): FRIES, C., 1940 USGS BULL 922-M, P. 335-370

Reference (Deposit): VOLIN, M.E., RUSSELL, P.L., PRICE, F.L.C. AND MULLEN, D.H., 1947 USBM RI4068, 60 PAGES.

Reference (Deposit): LUFKIN, J.L., 1977 AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL 62, P. 100-106

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